Kathleen Boyle sits in a tent on the patio of her room at the Affina Hotel in New York, A couple of

Kathleen Boyle sits in a tent on the patio of her room at the Affina Hotel in New York, A couple of New York City locales are offering an unusual option _ the chance to sleep outdoors, incredibly comfortably. It s an urban take on glamping, where hotel comforts are taken outside.
It s basically being able to sleep under the stars in a luxury setting, said Jeffrey Poirot, general manager at AKA Central Park, which offers an outdoor bedroom on its 1,000-square-foot terrace outside its 17th-floor penthouse.
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At the Affinia Gardens hotel on the Upper East Side, guests who book the patio suite (starting at around $300 per night) can pick from a range of options from dinner outside to a bed made up on the patio floor in an actual alamo car rental new orleans airport tent.